Calf-weaner.



J. FLUHMAN.

GALE WEANER. APPLICATION FILED SBPT.27, 1904.

PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905.

i NITED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

JOHN FLUHMAN, OF BURNTFORK, WYOMING.

CALF-WEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 92,819, dated June 20, 1905.

Application filel eptember 27, 1904. Serial No. 226,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN FLUHMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burntfork, in the county of Sweetwater and State of Wyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calf-Weaners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to devices that may be fastened to the nose of a calf to prevent it from sucking the cow in order to wean it and induce it to take to other food.

It is the object of the invention to provide a simple, efficient, and economical means of the kind mentioned that will not be a source of punishment to the calf or cow.

Heretofore it has been proposed to construct means in some cases quite complicated. and expensive that may be attached to the nostrils of a calf that will 'prod or hurt the udder of a cow in case the calf undertakes to suck or that will punish the calf by hurting its nose or mouth.

I have found that a muzzle constructed of crossed wires adapted to fit on the nose of the calf and to be held in place by engaging the nostrils of the calf is not only entirely efiicacious by way of stopping a calf from sucking, but will not punish the cow or the calf to a degree thatneed be considered unduly severe or even harmful.

To these ends my invention consists of a device having the structural characteristics mentioned, which device will be fully set forth hereinafter in view of the annexed drawings and symbols of reference marked thereon, the same symbols'designating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing one of the upturned end portions.

In the drawings, 1 designates a muzzle formed from wires crossed or formed into network rounded out to adapt it to fit over the nose of the calf and having a ring 2, made from a length of .a metallic rod, with which the network of wires is looped or otherwise connected at its edge. The ring 2 has its ends rounded and preferably bent inward, so that they nearly meet and so that they may be sprung apart and upon recoiling engage the nose of the calf in its nostrils. By this means a muzzle is provided for the calf that willnot break or become loose, that will not disfigure or harm the calf, and that will be efiicient in preventing it from sucking the cow, for when it undertakes to do that with the muzzle on it will be in the way and besides will tend to render its nose so uncomfortable that it will desist, and in addition to this the cow, owing to the unnatural feeling, will not permit of her being suckled.

The high degree of efiiciency and simplicity, the low cost at which it may be manufactured, and the other points of advantage hereinbefore mentioned make the invention a weaning device that completely answers all that is desirable in that class of contrivances.

What is claimed is-- A calf-weaner composed of a muzzle made from wire crossed or formed into a network rounded to fit the nose of a calf, combined. with a stout metallic ring to which the wires forming the muzzle are attached, the ends of the wire forming the ring being bent to engage the nostrils of the calfs nose to hold the device in place, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FLUHMAN.

Witnesses:

NIELS RASMUSSER, TRUE RASMUSSER. 

